I could spend the rest of this blog post talking about his irrelevancy, about how it took his Youtube Channel four years to get 100 million views, while those he criticizes, like Glenn Beck, have millions of viewers and listeners on a daily basis, but let’s get down to the point. After wasting my time sitting through his videos, reading his nonsense on the Huffington Post, I can tell you that he doesn’t know what he is talking about. A little information can be a dangerous thing, and it is obvious that he has only that. I will pick a handful of his videos and posts and deconstruct them to show just that, so that even the most devoted TYT enthusiast can see that Cenk Uygur is simply wrong. It’s not “blasphemy”, it is the truth.

Part 1: Glenn Beck, Nazis and Cenk’s nonsense

Finished watching? If you can’t stomach it, I don’t blame you. It doesn’t surprise me that he doesn’t know about the treatment of the Jewish people under the Nazi regime, but what do you expect from a man who denied the Armenian Genocide? The Nazis did more than kill the Jews, first they stripped them of their basic rights by passing the Nuremberg Laws in 1935. For those who don’t understand what Glenn Beck is saying, let me start with this.

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me. – Pastor Martin Niemöller

Glenn Beck’s referenced this poem to point out that under tyrannical rulers, there will always be another political enemy to be targeted. It isn’t a secret that the White House has set its sights on the Fox News organization, not after Robert Gibb’s comments and Anita Dunn’s rant on CNN. For this administration to actually attack a news organization for stories which aren’t favourable to them should raise some eyebrows. Now I don’t agree with Beck on this, I actually find myself in agreement with David Gergen and Gloria Borger on this, that it isn’t a smart strategy and that they can only lose a fight with Fox News. That doesn’t mean, however, that there isn’t merit to compare this to other such incidents, not with what the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “Diversity Czar” Mark Llyod has been saying. In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez has taken action against media outlets critical of him, as the Open Source Center reported in August. While the reference may be a tad extreme, it does go to show that this government is acting in a way which is counter to the teachings of the country’s founding, a point purposely ignored by Cenk during his nonsensical rant with airhead Ana Kasparian. You have to ask yourself, where did Cenk find this twit?

NATO troops that will replace American soldiers in southern Afghanistan next spring are planning to conduct counterinsurgency missions against Taliban fighters and other militants despite initial opposition from some alliance members, American and allied commanders said Friday…

…Britain and the Netherlands will join Canada in assuming control in the south, along with a much smaller contingent of American support troops. Maj. Gen. Jason K. Kamiya, the senior American ground commander in Afghanistan, expressed optimism on Friday that all three allies would heed pleas that they not limit troop operations.

Such restrictions, called national caveats, have severely limited the kinds of missions allied forces can carry out in Afghanistan and Iraq, and have been a source of frustration for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his top regional commanders.

With NATO moving into the south, the Pentagon has said it will be able to reduce the overall number of American troops in Afghanistan to about 16,500 troops from 19,000 now. The United States will still have the largest number of foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, and will keep control of the country’s eastern sector, the scene of many firefights and skirmishes along the mountainous border with Pakistan…

How is it that Cenk didn’t read this article or watch any of the coverage about this on CNN? In 2005 NATO was called in to free up American soldiers in Afghanistan and continue the counterinsurgency operations in the country. By this time, America had given up leadership in Afghanistan to its allies. From that point onwards, it was the responsibility of NATO to maintain stability in the region. How is former President George W. Bush to blame for this? Cenk purposely leaves this out, citing an article from the Washington Post which doesn’t even discuss allied troop numbers, let alone how many of the 64,500 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops are American. The number this twit is referring to is most likely the number of non-ISAF American troops are stationed there. Why is this important? Because Iraq was a US-led Coalition effort while Afghanistan was a NATO effort. The reason for the higher US troop levels in Iraq, aside from the 2007 troop surge, was because it was THEIR WAR, not NATO’s. Let’s not forget that the Afghan forces themselves exceed 100,000 troops, while Iraqi forces number only 60,000 (armed and trained). With all the allied troops in Afghanistan, it would be foolish for America not to redeploy some of their forces to Iraq to reinforce its struggling military. Come on Cenk, do your research.

So after getting this wrong, he rambles on about how the Bush administration let Osama bin Laden get away, citing opinion pieces he wrote previously about his belief that they would have captured this man by now if they cared. I don’t think prior nonsense you yourself wrote is proof that George W. Bush didn’t care about Afghanistan, not when he is the one going over to that war zone to visit the troops. Not only that, but this talk about Tora Bora is nonsense, an outright lie. They didn’t know bin Laden was there, as Cenk would like his readers to believe, they only thought he could be, and after overrunning the Taliban in the region (that’s right, they did go after Osama), they couldn’t find any sign of the terrorist leader.

At least 20 people have been killed in a missile strike by coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan.

Locals in Nangarhar province say the group was a wedding party and most of the dead were women and children.

But the US has denied this, saying those killed were militants involved in previous mortar attacks on a Nato base…

…Coalition media officer Capt Christian Patterson told AFP they had received no reports of civilian casualties.

“It was not a wedding party, there were no women or children present,” he said.

In a separate incident on Friday, 15 civilians were reported to have died in a missile attack in Kunar province…

Once again, the TYT host leaves out a few facts. CBS also covered this story, pointing to statements from the military claiming that this is more militant propaganda and that they didn’t bomb a wedding. Could it have been possible that this story is legitimate? Of course, but it isn’t as if we haven’t seen terrorists making up stories to shape public perception on the war. In a time where stories aren’t getting the proper verification, one should be cautious about what they are getting from the news media. Instead of doing this, Cenk throws caution to the wind, claiming this suspicious story as proof positive that former President Bush is a terrible human being. Okay, I’ll see your wedding and raise you a funeral bombing.

An airstrike believed to have been carried out by a United States drone killed at least 60 people at a funeral for a Taliban fighter in South Waziristan on Tuesday, residents of the area and local news reports said.

Details of the attack, which occurred in Makeen, remained unclear, but the reported death toll was exceptionally high. If the reports are indeed accurate and if the attack was carried out by a drone, the strike could be the deadliest since the United States began using the aircraft to fire remotely guided missiles at members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the tribal areas of Pakistan. The United States carried out 22 previous drone strikes this year, as the Obama administration has intensified a policy inherited from the Bush administration…

In America, a family is sitting around the kitchen table when they get the news that their family member was killed in a fire fight because this President refused to give his soldiers the support they needed. How can Obama even sleep at night knowing his indecision is killing Americans? And why won’t he act? Political reasons. See? I can play that game too Cenk.

Part 4: Cenk’s obsession with a 14-year-old boy’s sexuality.

If anything, this is the most disturbing video I could find from the ‘The Young Turks.’ 14-year-old Jonathan Krohn is still very young, so there is a reason why he has a higher voice than the average political pundit, but Cenk and Ana don’t seem to realize this, nor do they bother actually addressing any of the points he raises (Social Security is going broke Cenk), discussing instead about why is lips are so pink and of course whether or not he will have sex before he is 22. Yes, that’s right, these two perverts are obsessed with whether or not 14-year-old Jonathan Krohn will be having sex soon. As I discussed before, I find it downright disturbing that anyone would sexualize a child, so it is fair to say that I was pretty upset while watching this video. This is just one more reason why TYT won’t be getting a show on MSNBC, because even that network, as awful as is it, has enough dignity to not stoop this low. THEYOUNGTURKS (TYT) BOYCOTT blogged about this story and here is what one commenter, Richard Wagner said,

I saw that clip. He said that the kid is so nerdy that he will never get laid. I thought that was pretty pathetic…I canceled my subscription and haven’t watched them since…there are other liberal sites I can get my liberal fill in everyday. No more tyt for me.

Is it any surprise that Cenk’s ratings on Air America Radio were so low? Common sense dictates that you don’t talk about little boys and sex at the same time, especially in jest. It’s pretty clear that neither he nor Ana realize this. Instead of sounding like smart and savvy political pundits like Jonathan Krohn does (both Fox News and CNN had this kid on, so you can imagine these two were pretty jealous), Cenk and Ana come off as sexually disturbed individuals picking on a defenseless little kid. The only thing that can be said about these two is that they lack even the slightest shred of morality, that there is no line they won’t cross. Sooner or later, it is Cenk who will be sued and it definitely won’t be something to laugh at.

Part 5: Cenk’s anti-gay bigotry and his desire to be sued

As if his obsession with the sexuality of a 14-year-old-boy wasn’t creepy enough, here he is living out his gay conservative host fantasy. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) just tore out Perez Hilton for this kind of nonsense, so what does Cenk think he is doing by repeating it? No one is being fooled by his “not that there is anything wrong with that” disclaimer before and after calling these conservative hosts homosexuals, it isn’t a pass on political correctness, let alone common decency. Instead of further discussing the content (or lack thereof) of this rant, how about we discuss the content of the statements?

In the late 1980’s, there was a revival of talk radio. The repeal of the FCC’s “Fairness Doctrine” by the Reagan administration had allowed editorial commentary to be broadcasted without the need to present an opposing view point, which allowed Rush Limbaugh to host his talk show from KFBK in Sacramento, California. His success brought about the modern talk radio market, which allowed for other conservatives like Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Glenn Beck to find their own success. Even Air America Radio owes its existence to Limbaugh’s pioneering. It was because of Rush that there is a market for any kind of political talk radio, something Cenk would know if he bothered researching it.

Rush’s influence is undeniable, and many people including myself, credit those like Limbaugh for our own personal awakenings to politics. My political beliefs were heavily influenced by Ann Coulter,Michelle Malkin,Mark Levin and Larry Elders, aside from my own experiences in Nantong, China, and my time following Canadian politics. I will also admit that I am a fan of PajamasTV’s Bill Whittle and Joe Hicks, two pundits I encourage my modest readership to listen to. Just because you enjoy this sort of political discussion, it doesn’t mean you should have your sexuality questioned, especially by those who are confused about their own.

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I could go on and on, but I think I have made my point. Cenk Uygur continues to play the political game “without a full deck”, refusing to report the news honestly or with any sense of dignity, instead substituting fact for fiction and mindless nonsense. Whether it is his Bush Derangement Syndrome, his sexual perversions or simply the fact that he doesn’t bother with the facts, it should be pretty clear that ‘The Young Turks’ isn’t even worth the bandwidth necessary to watch their Youtube videos. Depending on how well this post performs, I might just write more on Cenk’s continuing stupidity.

The new season of the Rick Mercer Report has started and Rick is ranting about the ever growing Canadian deficit. This from Bloomberg,

Canada reported a C$5.82 billion ($5.39 billion) budget deficit in July, following a surplus in the same month a year earlier, because of lower tax revenue and spending measures taken to spur growth.

The country’s deficit in the first four months of the fiscal year that began April 1 was C$18.3 billion, the Finance Department said today from Ottawa. Last year, the federal government had a surplus of C$2.18 billion in July and a four- month surplus of C$2.94 billion.

The governing Conservatives have forecast a record deficit of C$55.9 billion this fiscal year because of slowing revenue, increased claims for unemployment benefits and the costs associated with an auto industry bailout.

Program spending increased 30 percent from a year ago in July to C$21.8 billion, and is up 21 percent for the four-month period, the finance department said. Revenue in July was down 15 percent from last year to C$18.4 billion, bringing the fiscal drop to 11 percent in the first four months.

This is the problem I have with the Conservative Party of Canada, when it comes to fiscal matters, they just aren’t conservative. Mind you, the Tories haven’t driven the country off a cliff like President Barack Obama and his administration, but second place in a contest about fiscal mismanagement isn’t something we should be applauding. I am a registered Liberal, but I cannot bring myself to support their policies now, especially when they have been taking them from the NDP platform. If the Harper government would cut back on spending and make a serious effort to balance the budget, I could see myself and many other Canadians feeling better about casting our vote for the Conservatives in the next election. Provide transparency on spending and you might just get your majority in the next election.

I know it is a short post, but I needed to get that off my chest. Instead of addressing Canadian’s concerns about spending, Stephan Harper has been tight lipped about it. Just give us some transparency, we would like to know how our hard earned money is being spent…

As for my feelings on the Liberal Party right now, I turn it over to Rick Mercer once again…

MBC26 – Absolutely unbelievable. This is pathetic and reeks of socialist dogma. This Prize has just halted all efforts by the United States to bring about freedom to millions of enslaved people around the world. What absolutes fools the Noble Committee have become…

…We have just witnesses the power of the media dominated by the Left. All flash and no substance. This man a few years ago was nothing more than a Community Activist is that cesspool called Chicago. I remain in stunned disbelief at his nomination. He will be the laughing stock of the world in another year. Realty sucks.

hoppy96 – Let us not forget, so that this “award” does not diminish the value of the prizes already awarded for chemistry, medicine, and physics, that the peace prize is awarded out of Norway, not Sweden. But my reaction to this news this morning was a visceral reaction to puke!

jimk777 – If the Nobel peace prize had any credibility left at all they just flushed it. Not only was the deadline for nomination only two weeks after he took office (Feb 1 ) at which point he hadn’t accomplished anything; he is still entirely accomplishment free. What a joke.

Jane1 – The Nobel Peace Prize stopped having value when they gave it to the terrorist Arafat. Obama has done wonders – he’s alienated long standing allies – thrown them in the garbage – and made friendships with our enemies.

Isn’t funny that the IOC wouldn’t accept this kind of nonsense when Team Obama-Obama-Oprah was in Copenhagen, but the Nobel committee is going to award it? This award seems more like a fourth place ribbon in comparison, especially since Barack didn’t do anything to get it. Maybe we should be comparing the Nobel Peace Prize to those surprises children find in cereal boxes. He put just as much effort into achieving world peace as he would have to sit down and have breakfast. I also feel that receiving this award furthers the belief that Obama is a self-serving elitist. He isn’t President of the United States because he wants to fulfill his duties, not at all, he is there to strengthen his resume so that he can brag to his friends next time he goes down to Martha’s Vineyard. Snobbery at its finest…

…The announcement stunned people from Norway to the White House. “There has been no discussion, nothing at all,” said Rahm Emanuel, the president’s chief of staff, in a brief telephone interview…

…But while Mr. Obama has generated considerable good will overseas — his foreign counterparts are eager to meet with him, and polls show he is hugely popular around the world — many of his policy efforts have yet to bear fruit, or are only just beginning to do so. North Korea has defied him with missile tests; Iran, however, recently agreed to restart nuclear talks, which Mr. Obama has called “a constructive beginning”…

Sig226 – Irena Sendler who Saved 2500 Children during WW2 was nominated, but price went to Gore. What can you expect now?

freedomwriter – What peace has he exactly brought to the world? Nobel has simply become an endorsement machine for those handing them out. “I like you…here have an award.”

dharok – WTH? I thought to get a nobel prize for something you had to do something in area that the prize is awarded for. I can’t remember Obama actually having done much of anything . . . mmm . . . I wonder when I will get it? Or even better, when I will get an award for the great scientific research that I haven’t done!!!

Aside from one drone spamming DNC talking points, it seems that Canadians are still pretty confused about how a man with no accomplishments could receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama’s supporters can talk all they want about “potential”, but that won’t mean anything once he is booted out of office in 2012… Hilarious…

I would bet The One would purchase a home near Martha’s Vineyard so that once he is laughed out of office, he can attend exclusive events and brag about how he once was President of the United States while proudly showing off his Nobel Peace Prize. Hopefully neither Jimmy Carter nor Al Gore show up and commit a fashion faux pas by wearing the same award… That would be awkward…

…So when they see that Obama is going to receive the Nobel Peace Prize even though he may soon send tens of thousands of fresh troops to a war that’s probably unwinnable, well, it makes it a lot easier for them to buy into what the right’s been saying—that gullible Americans and socialist Europeans have been seduced by a fantasy.

The early reaction to your Nobel decision here in America is revealing: Even Obama’s own supporters don’t feel too good about this. One of them, a rather liberal friend of ours, just wrote on her Facebook page: “I now have every hope of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. I’m a great speech writer and I’m full of good intentions.”

This is exactly what the right has been trying to get Americans to say and think for a year. You mean well, Norway, we know. But in one fell swoop, you’ve just advanced their cause immeasurably. Some are even wondering: Can Obama get away with turning this down?

Aside from Kornacki’s sour grapes about former President George W. Bush (he won both elections, GROW UP!), I can agree that awarding Obama the prize for “potential” does more harm than good. It highlights the point that he is more style than substance, and as Bolton stated, it shows people that he got the award for simply representing the kind of American the Europeans want. You know, the kind that hates America?

We don’t need European socialists tell us how to run our respective countries, not after they destroyed their own… Pathetic…

UPDATE: You would think Barbara Boxer would learn to keep her mouth shut, especially after all the trouble it has caused her lately. Hot Air’s Allahpundit posted a story about how she thinks GOP Republican National Chairman Michael Steele sounds like the Taliban in his criticism of Barack Obama. Is this veiled racism? Knowing Boxer, it could very well be… Disgusting…

…Mr. Obama sees the U.S. differently, as weaker than it was and the rest of the planet as stronger, and so he calls for a humbler America, at best a first among equals, working primarily through the U.N. The world’s challenges, he emphasized yesterday, “can’t be met by any one leader or any one nation.” What this suggests to us—and to the Norwegians—is the end of what has been called “American exceptionalism.” This is the view that U.S. values have universal application and should be promoted without apology, and defended with military force when necessary…

The end of “American exceptionalism”? Yes, you heard it right, these failed ideologues in Europe don’t like how exceptional the American people are, they don’t like that the United States is a driving force for good in this world because it makes them look pathetic. I was listening to Rush Limbaugh earlier today and I heard him discussing how awarding Obama the Nobel Peace Prize would be a way for them to force him to make decisions that they believe is in the world’s best interests. Pulling out of both war zones and not disciplining Iran would be the first two that come to mind. It is no surprise these nonsensical ideas about the possible future of the Taliban in Afghanistan are being floated by the White House right now. It is obvious that neither the Nobel committee nor this administration have any idea what is going on outside the bubbles they occupy.

As for Obama saying that the award he will be receiving being dedicated to everyone who’s “dared to hope”, this would be laughable if it wasn’t so disturbing. The campaign is over, all this talk about “Hope and Change” should have stopped a long time ago because that bullshit doesn’t work anymore. We have seen this empty platform cause serious damage in the nine months The One has been in office, so to say this award is for all those who supported his nonsense strikes me as arrogance bordering on narcissism. With that said, knowing Barack, he isn’t the type to share anything with anyone. This award is for him and him alone, but he will let his followers “bask in his presence”…

Both Hot Air’s Allahpundit and Michelle Malkin are now reporting that Chicago’s Olympic bid has been rejected. What can I say? Congratulations President Obama, you wasted taxpayer money to embarrass the city of Chicago… Congratulations Michelle Obama, your “sacrifice” was in vain, but at least you got to going shopping with Oprah. Congratulations Oprah Winfrey, you have gone from being the most influential television personality in America to the goofy sidekick of the unlikeable First Lady. Hilarious…

UPDATE: With the Chicago Olympic now lost, many in the mainstream media are trying to figure out just how it could have happened with Barack Obama leading the charge in Copenhagen. There are quite a few things to cover here, so let’s get to it.

David Axelrod is blaming this whole event on “international politics”. So if the Republicans aren’t to blame, it must be all those countries which showed their affection for Obama during the last big United Nations event? For Axelrod to complain that America doesn’t have the political connections that Brazil had is just silly. The IOC most likely wanted Rio de Janeiro to have the 2016 Olympic games because it would be the first time the a South American city would have the honour of being host. It is kind of like how many Americans voted for Obama because he would be the first African-American President, ain’t that right Tom Hanks?

…Mr Obama was greeted — as usual — like a rock star by the IOC delegates in Copenhagen — then humiliated by them. Perception is reality. A narrow defeat for Chicago would have been acceptable — but the sheer scale of the defeat was a bombshell, and is a major blow for Mr Obama at a time when questions are being asked about his style of governance…

…This has all added to the perception that Mr Obama’s soaring rhetoric — which captured the imagination during last year’s election — is simply not enough when it comes to confronting the myriad challenges of the presidency. His spectacular Olympic failure will only add to that.

Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad’s lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis, and others for their brilliance and perfection.

Sitting on your dad’s lap at the age of twenty? That is just creepy. Other than showing Michelle “Muscles” Obama’s awkward relationship with her father, this statement demonstrates her dishonest nature. She could care less about this Olympics, this trip was simply about politics. As Michelle Malkin pointed out, this is the kind of nonsense which Hillary Clinton got caught on during the campaign. It didn’t work for that former First Lady, and it definitely won’t work for you. Pathetic…

What about Oprah Winfrey? Once again, she comes off looking like a goofy sidekick to “Muscles”. Take a look at the Twitpic Michelle Malkin has up. I highly doubt Rio de Janeiro will have her carrying, let alone lighting the torch for their games. Hilarious…

Some Chicago officials say anti-American resentment likely played a role in Chicago’s Olympic bid dying in the first round Friday.

President Obama could not undo in one year the resentment against America that President Bush and others built up for years, they said.

“There must be” resentment against America, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, near the stage where he had hoped to give a victory speech in Daley Center Plaza. “The way we [refused to sign] the Kyoto Treaty, we misled the world into Iraq. The world had a very bad taste in its mouth about us. But there was such a turnaround after last November. The world now feels better about America and about Americans. That’s why I thought the president’s going was the deal-maker”…

Aside from Reverend Jesse Jackson’s lunacy, we also have Chicago Democratic Representative Susana Mendoza and Illinois Democratic Representative Jan Schakowsky jumping on this nonsense. So a prominent black bigot and two Democrats from Obama’s state are attacking former President George W. Bush? If their judgment was so skewed, maybe they would have noticed that Chicago was nominated by the IOC as a candidate city in 2007, when Bush was still in office. If they hated him so much, why didn’t they deny the American city a spot then instead of waiting for Obama to give the games to Rio de Janeiro?

With the Democrats taking hits in the polls, it doesn’t surprise me that they would be this desperate. Pathetic…